Art consultant

You are invited to the opening of a very special exhibition. The works are alternative, yet familiar, charming, and challenging. And it is Valentine’s Day…

Saturday, 14 February 2026, 12:00 – 15:00
Closing date is Friday, 6 March

Dr Neil Pendock will say a few words.

For more information, you can read the press release at this link (Pdf).

Dawid Ras Gallery, Old Castle Brewery, Woodstock.

Paintings and sculptures, larger and smaller, abstract and realistic, bright and subtle, better known artists and lesser known artists, more affordable and less affordable – full of surprises!

Participating artists will be introduced in social media over the next few days.

Please join us for something to drink.

Saturday, 22 November 2025, 12:00 – 15:00.

The exhibition can be viewed until Monday, 15 December 2025.

Dirk van der Westhuizen is the main artist.

There are also new paintings by Zolile Phetshane, Willie Saayman, Cobus van Bosch, Luan Nel, Olaf Bisschoff and Anton Karstel. Lothar Böttcher, acclaimed hard glass sculptor, is showing some of his sculptures.

The opening is on Thursday 9 October 2025, 17:30 – 20:00.

There is ample safe parking.

Dawid Ras Gallery, Old Castle Brewery, Woodstock.

Opening Saturday, 19 July 2025, 12:00 – 15:00

Dawid Ras Gallery, Old Castle Brewery, Woodstock

Ample, safe parking.

The exhibition can be viewed until Monday 18 August 2025.

Wednesdays to Fridays 11:00 – 14:30.

Any other time, by appointment.

You are invited to the opening on Saturday, 7 June 2025, 12:00 – 15:00.

Dawid Ras Gallery
Old Castle Brewery
Woodstock.

[Ample, secure, parking].

The exhibition can be viewed until Friday, 4 July; every Thursday 11:00 – 15:00 or ANY OTHER time by appointment.

[Next exhibition Anton Karstel, Saturday 19 July, 12:00 – 15:00].

Cobus van Bosch
Oupa Sibeko

André Prinsloo [sculpture]

Opening Thursday, 6 March 2025, 17:00 – 20:00

Old Castle Brewery, Woodstock
[Ample safe parking].

Oupa Sibeko did his Masters degree in performance art. As part of the opening, he will do a short performance at 19:30 titled “Nocturne, things that happen at night”.

The exhibition can be viewed until 16 April.

Gallery hours:
Thursdays 11:00 – 15:00
Fridays 11:00 – 15:00

Any other time by appointment.

Opening Thursday, 30 January 2025, 18:00 – 20:30

Old Castle Brewery, Woodstock [This is the new permanent venue; ample safe parking available].

The current exhibition, “One of Each”, features works for sale by artists who have been connected to the gallery for a long time. It can be viewed until Monday 27 January.

The new exhibition on the other hand, are artists new to the gallery. There is no theme. Their creations vary from more traditional content and materials to more freethinking and somewhat alternative.

Claudia Shneider, Vernon Williams, Oscar Strauss, Paula Tetluk, Duncan Purves, Floris van Zyl, Alta Botha

More works and “Seven Different Creatives” can be viewed during gallery hours or ANY other time by appointment until Monday 23 February.

Thursdays 11:00 – 15:00
Fridays 11:00 – 15:00
Saturdays 11:00 – 13:00

Please join us for the opening.

First opening: Thursday 12 December 2024, 18:00 – 20:00

Zolile Phetshane Anton Karstel Hannes van Zyl Dirk van der Westhuizen Johann Louw Ronald Palmer Olaf Bisschoff Oupa Sibeko Francois Visser Jacques Dhont Wilhelm Saayman and more, one of each.

Old Castle Brewery, 6 Beach Road, Cape Town [Woodstock].

The exhibition can be viewed on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 December 11:00 – 15:00. Any other time can be arranged.

The exhibition continues into January 2025.

You are invited to the opening function on Saturday, 14 September 2024, between 14:00 and 18:00. It can be viewed any time until Friday 11 October.

• Anton Karstel
• Hannes van Zyl
• Johann Louw
• Ronald Palmer
• Oupa Sibeko
• Wilhelm Saayman

Living Hotels Lions Eye, 15 Houghton Road, Camps Bay.

This exhibition is very different to previous ones, more intimate and shorter in duration. All works are oil on paper, smaller in price and scale. It gives one the opportunity to mix and match and/or start your own collection. Take home the Karaoke singer, or the Rehab lady or Wonder Boy now that he is Back. It can be viewed Wednesday 5 June until Saturday 8 June any time between 10:00 and 15:30 at The Architect Gallery, 71 Hout Street, Cape Town. The official opening is on Thursday 6 June 2024 from 17:00 until 20:00. It forms part of First Thursdays. Please join us for a drink.

On Saturday, 9 March 2024, from 14:00 onwards until near to sunset, we continue the celebration of beautiful art, a magnificent setting and special people. Please join us for the opening – something to drink, something to snack. All this happens at Living Hotels Lions Eye, 15 Houghton Road, Camps Bay.

Artists participating are Cobus van Bosch, Arno Morland, Zolile Phetshane, Olaf Bisschoff and more.

If you can not make it, come round on Sunday, 10:30 – 13:00. The exhibition continues until the end of March.

A special exhibition is planned for Saturday 9 December 2023 at the renewed Living Hotel Lion’s Eye at 15 Houghton Road, Camps Bay, Cape Town.

Viewing starts at 14:00 and continues until 19:00. Works by three artists will be shown:

• Margaret McKean
• Anton Karstel
• Johann Louw

Please join us for art, views, snacks and drinks.

The exhibition is also open for viewing on Sunday 10 December 11:00 -15:00. Thereafter, preferable by appointment, until 20 December.

You are invited to the opening on Saturday, 16 September at 11:30 for 12:00.
Join us for this festive occasion. Be one of the friends.

After many delays, Dawid has finally arrived back in Cape Town to stay. At the end of July, he also started a new decade in his life. To celebrate all of this, a group of artists who has been associated with the gallery over the years, are exhibiting works. Social media will reveal them over the next 16 days.

 Venue: Homebrew Film Studios, 7 Montague Drive, Milnerton
[Old Makro – enough secure parking in an enclosed area].
Click here for a map >>

Duration: Saturday 16 September until Sunday 24 September 2023.

Hours: Every day 11:00 – 16:00. Any other time outside these hours, by appointment.

Two days only:

• Saturday 25 March 2023 at 11:00 until 16:00
• Sunday 26 March at 11:00 until 16:00.

Please join us for a hot cross bun and a drink on Saturday at 11:00.

Dawid Ras is excited to present “Thoughts around the Pool”, a selection of new watercolour monotypes by Michael Cheesman. These works grew from and are inspired by hot summer days, longing to swim and hanging around a pool.

As this is Dawid’s last show in Johannesburg for now, there is also a selection of artworks
that will be returned to artists and some smaller works from his personal collection
[Pippa Skotness, Douglas Portway, Gail Catlin, etc].

Most of you know about the plan to relocate to Cape Town early next year. Of course, there will still be exhibitions in Johannesburg from time to time, but the venue will be different.

Let us celebrate 18 years of extraordinary paintings and sculptures and lift a glass to the future, surrounded by more paintings and sculptures, some new, some older.

Opening Saturday 3 December 2022 at 15h00.

The exhibition can be viewed for the first week Monday to Friday, between 11h00 and 15h00. Any other time by appointment until Wednesday 21 December, reconciliation weekend excluded.

[Dawid is relocating to Cape Town where he started out dealing in art in 2004].

Opening: Saturday 8 October 2022 at 15h00.

Please join us for a drink.

The exhibition can be viewed until Wednesday 19 October and then again from Friday 4 November.

Andrew Kayser: “The Tower and the Tide”

“We intermingle, improvise, bristle, clash, brush up against each other. The familiar and strange begin to merge, we scramble to confirm our belonging.”

Patrick Rorke: “Cross Frontier Musing”

“My practice as an artist has always been immersed in many disciplines. I paint, I work in clay and I work in animation. I look consistently across the frontiers.”

Opening Saturday 13 August 2022 at 15h00.

Viewing anytime by appointment until Friday 3 September.

Opening: Saturday 16 July 2022 at 11h30 for 12h00.

Venue: Studio 10, Homebrew Films, 7 Montague Drive, Milnerton [Old Makro – enough secure parking in an enclosed area].

Click here for a map >>

Please join us for a drink, soup and bread – and interesting art of course.

Duration: The duration of the exhibition is 8 days only. Saturday 16 July until Monday 25 July. Every day 11h00 – 16h00, Saturdays and Sundays included. Any other time by appointment.

Some of the artists are:

• Mathew Brittan
• Hannes van Zyl
• Hanneke Benade
• Greta McMahon
• Michael Cheesman
• Claudia Shneider
• Cobus van Bosch
• Anton Karstel
• Wilhelm Saayman
• Luan Nel

Dirk van der Westhuizen, Cobus van Bosch, Greta McMahon and Arno Morland.

You are invited to the opening with three painters and one sculptor.

Location: 18 Silvela Road, Sandown Estate, Johannesburg
Start Time: 15h00
Date: 2022/06/04 – 2022/06/21
Duration: The exhibition can be viewed any time, any day by appointment. Contact the gallery for an appointment.

Opening: Wednesday 6 April 2022 at 18h30 for 19h00.

Venue: Studio 10, Homebrew Films, 7 Montague Drive, Milnerton [Old Makro – enough secure parking in an enclosed area].

Click here for a map >>

Please join us for wine and light snacks. To make things easier, please WhatsApp or RSVP to 082 492 9777 or mdawidr@iafrica.com.

Duration: Tuesdays to Saturdays 11h00 until 16h00 [Easter weekend excluded] until Saturday 23 April.

ANY OTHER TIME by appointment: 082 492 9777.
The first “Dawid’s Choice” exhibition was in December 2004 at The Castle in Cape Town. Since that time many exhibitions took place all over South Africa, but mainly in Johannesburg. Now is the time to make Cape Town the base again with Johannesburg exhibitions happening from time to time.
The choice of artist for this first exhibition is based on exhibition anchors from the past: 

• Hannes van Zyl [Paarl] – Castle exhibition 2004.
• Henk Serfontein [Cape Town] – Castle exhibition 2004.
• Greta McMahon [Riebeeck Kasteel] – One of the first sellers.
• Anton Karstel [Cape Town].
• Cobus van Bosch [Prince Albert].
• Dirk van der Westhuizen [Cape Town] – There from the very beginning.
• Arno Morland [Cape Town] – Connections across oceans; sculptures.

We look forward to sharing this art experience with you.

One special week:

Saturday 4 December 15h00 [OPENING] – Saturday 11 December 13h00

We all get together for a glass of wine or orange juice, look at beautiful art, reflect on the year that was and dream about the year ahead.

Artists:

Ronald Palmer
Anton Karstel
Di Miller
Helen Joseph
Charles Storr
Anton Burger
Jaco la Grange

Hoe hou ons die wêreld rondom ons lekker? Ons doen lekker dinge vir mense en diere. Een manier is om ‘n persentasie van verkope te gee aan “Friends of Franklin”, ‘n natuurbewaringsgroep in Mangaung. Hulle samel tans, in samewerking met Reizis Square, fondse in om ‘n vriendin te koop vir Paseka, die kameelperdbul op Naval Hill. Die bekende koppie is deel van die Franklin Game Reserve.

Meer inligting is bekombaar op www.friendsoffranklin.co.za

Die uitstalling kan besigtig word vanaf Vrydag 19 November tot Sondag 21 November 2021.

Vrydag        14h00 – 20h00
Saterdag     10h00 – 16h00
Sondag        10h00 – 12h00

[Terselfdertyd, in die lokaal langs aan, is daar ‘n uitstalling van Bloemfontein kunstenaars “Neue Space”].

Opening: Saterdag 20 November om 12h00 met ‘n glasie wyn/lemoensap.

Van die deelnemende kunstenaars, daar is meer, is:

Helen Joseph
Colijn Strydom
Michael Cheesman
Arno Morland
Seza Zitha
Claudia Shneider
Johann Moolman [beelde]

Adres:
Reizis Square
Apartment #5
Bloemfontein

Dawid Ras Galery is gebaseer in Sandton en bestaan sedert 2004. Dit spesialiseer in kontemporêre Suid Afrikaanse skilder- en beeldhouwerke. Meer inligting is beskikbaar op www.dawidras.com of by mdawidr@iafrica.com of Dawid WhatsApp/sel 082 492 9777.

Please join us for the opening on Saturday 2 October at 15h00. Both artists will be present. Carol Brown, formerly director/curator of Durban Art Gallery, will be the opening speaker.

Location: 18 Silvela Road, Sandown Estate, Johannesburg
Start Time: 15h00
Date: 2021/10/02 – 2021/10/22
Duration: The exhibition can be viewed any time, any day by appointment. Contact the gallery for an appointment.

Location: 18 Silvela Road, Sandown Estate, Johannesburg
Start Time: 15h00
Date: 2021/08/14 – 2021/09/22
Duration: The exhibition can be viewed any time, any day by appointment. Contact the gallery for an appointment.

Colijn lives in Cape Town where he lectures at Ruth Prowse School of Art. Underneath you will find his summary of the exhibition. He will be present at the exhibition to exchange ideas.

“Thinly veiled self-portraits” brings together paintings in which I took on various alter egos. The principal identity I played with was that of David Beresford Pratt, the unsuccessful would-be assassin of H.F. Verwoerd. I resonated with Pratt’s efforts to come to terms with his ethical and personal struggles and as a result there are quite a few works that revolve around him. His epileptic visions at sunset became a motif and for the duration of a painting I attempted to be the Woman who is Dressed in the Sun – a vision from Revelations. The pious man struck down by Death’s arrow in Giovanni di Paolo’s “Death in a Landscape” was next and finally I turned into Anne Boleyn’s mythical sixth finger.

According to Paul Ricoeur, the shortest route from the self to the self is through the other. Identity is fragile and porous, and an act of imaginative understanding can be transformative. To try to understand the other is to be compassionate and, possibly, to allow oneself to become something new. In making these paintings I was trying to understand something about the world, how I relate to it, and hopefully, how I could shift my understanding of what I can be to relate to it in different, more productive ways.

Location: 18 Silvela Road, Sandown Estate, Johannesburg
Start Time: 15h00
Date: 2021/05/08 – 2021/05/28
Duration: The exhibition can be viewed any time, any day by appointment. Contact the gallery for an appointment.

Muzi Ndlela – drawing the Natal Midlands

Butana Nkuna – painting incorporated with found objects

Seza Zitha – drawing; a cat has nine lives

Sifiso Mkhabela – sculpture and drawing

Sandile Radebe – sculpture

Thapelo Johnny Motloung – we remember…

Location: 18 Silvela Road, Sandown Estate, Johannesburg
Start Time: 15h00
Date: 2021-13
Duration: The exhibition can be viewed any time, any day by appointment. Contact the gallery for an appointment.

Opening: Saturday 7 November 2020 at 15h00 at 148 Katherine Street

The space for sculpture at the BEYOND exhibition was hardly utilized. Two balconies overlooking the Sandton/Alexandra landscape, visible from all roads leading to the economic hub of South Africa, call for more and bigger works. New works by many more sculptors will be on display.

Some of them are:

Gordon Froud
Danelle Janse van Rensburg
Sandile Radebe
Sarel Petrus
Sybrand Wiechers
Ruhan Janse van Vuuren
Guy du Toit
George Hollaway
Johan van Heerden
Francois Visser
Lothar Böttcher
Sifiso Mkhabela

Cobus van Bosch prepared a full solo exhibition that could not happen because of lockdown. Space restrictions at the original BEYOND exhibition allowed for only 5 of the 16 works to be shown. Now the whole show called “Quarantine” [with all works titled ‘Untitled’], will be shown.

Click here for a video overview of “Quarantine”.

BEYOND, the small art fair, continues with more sculptures and a solo show, until Wednesday 25 November.

Tuesday – Friday from 11h00 – 16h00
Saturday – Sunday from 11h00 – 15h00
Closed Mondays
Any other time by appointment

Venue: PPC Building, 148 Katherine Street, Sandton

BEYOND

Location: PPC Building [Corner Katherine Street and Grayston Drive], 148 Katherine Street, Sandton

You are invited to the opening of an exciting new exhibition on:

Saturday 10 October 2020 from 11h00 until 16h00.

Oupa Sibeko will do a performance piece at 12h00.

Big plans were made for 2020 with numerous exhibitions that could not take place. Young artists, like Thapelo Johnny Motloung [27], will exhibit with the gallery for the first time, while established artists like painter Nel Erasmus [91] and sculptor Johan van Heerden [90], reflect on their careers in their new works.

“Beyond” presents them and 25 more artists [1 performer, 21 painters and 6 sculptors] the opportunity to display their creations in a special environment.

Subsequent viewing: 
Sunday 11 October until Saturday 31 October

Weekdays 11h00 – 18h00
Weekends 11h00 – 16h00
Closed on Mondays

Please feel free to contact Dawid on 082 492 9777 for more information or an alternative viewing time.

Painters

1. Hannes van Zyl
2. Eric Duplan
3. Anton Karstel
4. Thapelo Johnny Motloung
5. Arno Morland
6. Nel Erasmus
7. Robert Hamblin
8. Zolile Phetshane
9. Cobus van Bosch
10. Wilhelm Saayman
11. Mathew Brittan
12. Bastiaan van Stenis
13. Olaf Bisschoff
14. Nicolaas Maritz
15. Muzi Ndlela
16. Butana Nkuna
17. Henk Serfontein
18. Sotiris Moldovanos
19. Annelie Venter
20. Weyers du Toit
21. Colijn Strydom

Sculptors

22. Guy du Toit
23. Francois Visser
24. Johan van Heerden
25. Lothar Böttcher
26. Ruhan van Vuuren
27. Sarel Petrus

Performance Art

28. Oupa Sibeko

Wilhelm [Willie] Saayman – “The Rogues Gallery”
Lothar Böttcher – “Iceberg”

Location: 18 Silvela Road, Sandown Estate, Johannesburg

Friday 10 July

15h00 – 16h30

Saturday 11 July
11h00 – 12h30 or 15h00 – 16h30

Sunday 12 July
11h00 – 12h30

Duration: The artworks and sculptures will be on physical display until 29 July.

Grid Line
Hand ground and polished optical crystal

Reflections
Hand ground and polished optical crystal

Plot Change

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Sold on a Smile

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

A Generous Spirit

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Life Will Shape You as it Wishes

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

His Days Were Numbered

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

It Goes by so Quickly

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Same as He Ever Was

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Always the Bridegroom

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Dream Baby Dream

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Suddenly Everything So Different

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

It’s Happening as We Speak

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Seeing it Through

21 x 30cm

Pastel on Paper

A Brief Flickering Then Gone

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Always a Possibility

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Pieces Go Missing Year on Year

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

With Flying Colours

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Living a Lie

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

At the Doctor’s Rooms

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Gravity’s Pull

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Unhinged

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Stranded

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

No River Without a Bend

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Didn’t See That Coming

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Always a Catch

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Wood for the Trees

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Hell is There When You Need it

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Immunity Blues

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

When is a Party Over?

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

This Town Too Small for All of Us

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Whole Lotta Thinking Going On

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

You Can’t Unsee Evil

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Meditating – Back in an Hour

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Taking Stock of Spells I Haven’t Used Yet

21 x 30cm

Pastel on paper

Nicolaas Maritz

Location: 18 Silvela Road, Sandown Estate, Johannesburg
Start Time: 15h00
Date: 2020-03-07
Duration: The exhibition can be viewed any time, any day by appointment. Contact the gallery for an appointment.

Sotiris Moldovanos, Eric Duolan, Weyers du Toit, Bastiaan van Stenis, Johann Louw, Olaf Bisschoff, Henk Serfontein, Zolile Phetshane

Adres: Jan en Minnie Ras, Webbstraat 6A, Waverley, Bloemfontein
Tye:
Vrydag: 11h00 – koek en koffie/tee
Saterdag: 12h00 – vonkelwyn en wyn
Sondag: 11h00 – koek en koffie/tee
Datum: 28 Februarie tot 1 Maart 2020 met enige ander tyd per afspraak.

Sotiris Moldovanos – “Flatter” &  Weyers du Toit – “Snapshots”

Location: 18 Silvela Road, Sandown Estate, Johannesburg
Start Time: 15h00
Date: 2020-02-08
Duration: Viewing anytime thereafter by appointment until Friday 28 February.

“Back to the Future II”

15 YEARS as a gallery – the celebration continues!
It all started in December 2004 at The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. During the two special exhibitions, 30 of the more than 80 artists whose works had been shown over the years, will each show one work.

Opening: SUNDAY 3 November 2019 at 11h30.

Introductory speaker Gordon Froud, well known, beloved, art lecturer and regular visitor to the gallery.

Duration: For the month of November, special viewing times apply:

Fridays and Saturdays between 11h00 and 16h00.
As always, any other time by appointment.

Clare Menck, Eric Duplan, Dylan Graham, Luan Nel, Jaco Benade, Ronald Palmer, Arno Morland, Pascual Tarazona, Annalie Venter, Johann Louw, Ilse Fourie, Lionel Smit, JP Meyer, Robert Hamblin, Leon Vermeulen, Michael Cheesman, Guy du Toit, Johan van Heerden and Lothar Böttcher

Location: 18 Silvela Road, Sandown Estate, Johannesburg